Resumen Ejecutivo : periodo 2005 - primer trimestre 2006

Abstract

This report presents the most relevant aspects of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Paraguay, corresponding to the period 2005 and the first quarter of 2006, and compares them with those observed in the same periods, 2004 and the first quarter of 2005. It should be noted that the figures for flows and stocks (balances) for the quarters of 2004 and 2005, published in the previous report, differ due to the increase in the percentage of data received. At the time of writing this report, data coverage for 2005 was 90%, while for the first quarter of 2006 it reached 70%. The analysis of FDI established in Paraguay during the reference period is based on reports from non-financial and financial companies between 2005 and the first quarter of 2006. At the end of 2005, the number of respondents was 130; of this total, 118 were non-financial companies and 12 were financial entities (banks and insurance companies). The number of respondents for the first quarter of 2006 is similar to that reported for the end of 2005, but is lower than the number of respondents for the first quarter of 2005, which was 137, of which 122 were non-financial companies and 15 were financial entities and insurance companies.